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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 10/21/2017 at 1:08 PM
  Aaron
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  Sebastian and Juliet are the two troublemakers in my home. Sebastian chews on the cage bars all day long, and I was wondering if there is a way to stop it. I read that if a rabbit does that, he wants to come out of his cage. Problem #2: Sebastian also loves to chew/dig up the carpet, and now, there is a massive crater in my carpet. . What should I do about that? Problem #3: Both of the rabbits like to dig up the many blankets that I have for them to lay on in their cage, the like use their front paws and dig it up and sit where the blanket used to be. How can that stop? Sorry for the many probs, but I just want Seb and Jul to have a happy life.
- 10/21/2017 at 1:28 PM
  sarahthegemini
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  1) Let them out the cage
  2) Cover carpet with blankets anchored by heavy tiles
  3) Why do you want to stop that?
- 10/21/2017 at 1:51 PM
  Aaron
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  The reason for Problem 3 is that it kind of goes along with problem 2. They dig up the layers of blankets, to get to the carpet. Thanks for the advice, Sarah!
- 10/21/2017 at 2:48 PM
  sarahthegemini
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  Posted By Aaron on 10/21/2017 1:51 PM
  
  The reason for Problem 3 is that it kind of goes along with problem 2. They dig up the layers of blankets, to get to the carpet. Thanks for the advice, Sarah!
  
  Ah okay. I would just be sure to put something heavy on them then
- 10/21/2017 at 3:08 PM
  Mikey
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  When I move, one of my bunnies is going to have his cage + an xpen (the other two are going to have a room to themselves). The xpen is going to be the largest we can find, and we are going to line the bottom of it with two layers of fleece blankets. To hold the blankets in place, we are going to use decorative cement blocks (places on the outside of the pen). Maybe you can try something similar?
- 10/21/2017 at 8:58 PM
  WallsOfGab
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  Hi! Take what I’m saying with a grain of salt because I’m a new bunny owner and every bunny is different but… my bun is relatively free-range and when I first got him, he went straight for the carpet. I had no other choice BUT to have him have access to my carpet so I decided to train him for it. If you have the time to train…
  
  What I did was I took the time to really be on his butt like you would a puppy. I actually did the “trade” training like I did with my dog. If he started to pull at the carpet, I traded it for a wooden block or his favourite sea-grass chew toy. Every single time he did it, I traded him. If he was being particularly bad and it was too late for me to go across the room, I slap a hard surface as if to mimic a bunny-stamp. He gets upset with me but he stops. Also a squirt bottle is good to have in a pinch.
  
  Now I have him to a point where he’ll feel the urge to pull up the carpet, realise this and then lick it instead. It took a lot of time but my carpet is in great shape, with one or two fibres pulled from time to time by mistake.
  
  Edit: Editing just in case this matters, but I actually took AWAY the blankets from him for a while until he achieved better habits. Once that happened, I gave them back and he’s more respectful of how he plays with his blankets
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